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单词 stint
释义 stint
v. & n.
--vtr.
  1. supply (food or aid etc.) in a niggardly amount or grudgingly.
  2. (often refl.) supply (a person etc.) in this way.
--n
  1. a limitation of supply or effort (without stint).
  2. a fixed or allotted amount of work (do one's stint).
  3. a small sandpiper, esp. a dunlin.
Derivatives
stinter n. stintless adj.
Etymology: OE styntan to blunt, dull, f. Gmc, rel. to STUNT(1)
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